diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0113ad1754..5da619e4f8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -40126,12 +40126,12 @@ if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
         pkg_cv_CAIRO_CFLAGS="$CAIRO_CFLAGS"
     else
         if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG" && \
-    { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"cairo\""; } >&5
-  ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "cairo") 2>&5
+    { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"cairo >= 1.2\""; } >&5
+  ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "cairo >= 1.2") 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
   $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   test $ac_status = 0; }; then
-  pkg_cv_CAIRO_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags "cairo" 2>/dev/null`
+  pkg_cv_CAIRO_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags "cairo >= 1.2" 2>/dev/null`
 else
   pkg_failed=yes
 fi
@@ -40144,12 +40144,12 @@ if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
         pkg_cv_CAIRO_LIBS="$CAIRO_LIBS"
     else
         if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG" && \
-    { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"cairo\""; } >&5
-  ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "cairo") 2>&5
+    { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"cairo >= 1.2\""; } >&5
+  ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "cairo >= 1.2") 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
   $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   test $ac_status = 0; }; then
-  pkg_cv_CAIRO_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs "cairo" 2>/dev/null`
+  pkg_cv_CAIRO_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs "cairo >= 1.2" 2>/dev/null`
 else
   pkg_failed=yes
 fi
@@ -40168,9 +40168,9 @@ else
         _pkg_short_errors_supported=no
 fi
         if test $_pkg_short_errors_supported = yes; then
-	        CAIRO_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --short-errors --errors-to-stdout --print-errors "cairo"`
+	        CAIRO_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --short-errors --errors-to-stdout --print-errors "cairo >= 1.2"`
         else
-	        CAIRO_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --errors-to-stdout --print-errors "cairo"`
+	        CAIRO_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --errors-to-stdout --print-errors "cairo >= 1.2"`
         fi
 	# Put the nasty error message in config.log where it belongs
 	echo "$CAIRO_PKG_ERRORS" >&5
@@ -40187,28 +40187,8 @@ else
 	CAIRO_LIBS=$pkg_cv_CAIRO_LIBS
         { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
 $as_echo "yes" >&6; }
-	wx_has_cairo=1
-fi
-    if test "$wx_has_cairo" = 1; then
-                                save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-        LIBS="$LIBS $CAIRO_LIBS"
-        for ac_func in cairo_push_group
-do :
-  ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "cairo_push_group" "ac_cv_func_cairo_push_group"
-if test "x$ac_cv_func_cairo_push_group" = xyes; then :
-  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define HAVE_CAIRO_PUSH_GROUP 1
-_ACEOF
 
-fi
-done
-
-        LIBS="$save_LIBS"
-        if test "$ac_cv_func_cairo_push_group" = "no"; then
-            wx_has_cairo=0
-            { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: Cairo library is too old and misses cairo_push_group()" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: Cairo library is too old and misses cairo_push_group()" >&2;}
-        else
+            wx_has_cairo=1
             $as_echo "#define wxUSE_CAIRO 1" >>confdefs.h
 
 
@@ -40216,8 +40196,8 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: Cairo library is too old and misses cairo_push_group(
                 CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $CAIRO_CFLAGS"
                 GUI_TK_LIBRARY="$GUI_TK_LIBRARY $CAIRO_LIBS"
             fi
-        fi
-    fi
+
+fi
 fi
 
 if test "$wxUSE_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT" = "yes"; then
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e5daa36694..c911a509f9 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -7157,22 +7157,9 @@ if test "$wx_needs_cairo_for_gc" = 1 -a "$wxUSE_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT" = "yes"; then
 fi
 
 if test "$wxUSE_CAIRO" = "yes" -o "$wx_needs_cairo" = 1; then
-    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CAIRO, cairo,
-        [wx_has_cairo=1],
-        [AC_MSG_RESULT(no)]
-    )
-    if test "$wx_has_cairo" = 1; then
-        dnl Check that Cairo library is new enough: wxGraphicsContext
-        dnl won't compile without cairo_push_group() and
-        dnl cairo_pop_group_to_source() which are new in 1.2.
-        save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-        LIBS="$LIBS $CAIRO_LIBS"
-        AC_CHECK_FUNCS([cairo_push_group])
-        LIBS="$save_LIBS"
-        if test "$ac_cv_func_cairo_push_group" = "no"; then
-            wx_has_cairo=0
-            AC_MSG_WARN([Cairo library is too old and misses cairo_push_group()])
-        else
+    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CAIRO, [cairo >= 1.2],
+        [
+            wx_has_cairo=1
             AC_DEFINE(wxUSE_CAIRO)
 
             dnl We don't need to do this for wxGTK as we already get Cairo
@@ -7181,8 +7168,9 @@ if test "$wxUSE_CAIRO" = "yes" -o "$wx_needs_cairo" = 1; then
                 CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $CAIRO_CFLAGS"
                 GUI_TK_LIBRARY="$GUI_TK_LIBRARY $CAIRO_LIBS"
             fi
-        fi
-    fi
+        ],
+        [AC_MSG_RESULT(no)]
+    )
 fi
 
 if test "$wxUSE_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT" = "yes"; then